Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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